THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TEXAS
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As professionals in a tight-knit community, we all know that there is a pipeline problem, and most jobs are procured based on who you know. I believe that putting together this event is a great way for us to meet peers, connect and develop relationships that can help us all not just personally but professionally.
There will be executives, managers, and engineers ready to connect.
Thank you to Capital Factory + The DEC for sponsoring event space in 2019 for DFW Black IT/Cyber Security Professionals. Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers.
If you’ve got a killer concept and you’re ready to grow, but you’re not sure how to raise outside capital to do so, this is the event for you. Joe Merrill will lead a session on how to raise your first round of funding for your startup.
Additionally, find out the scoop on the Sputnik ATX accelerator program, $100,000 in funding for each startup in the program, and what we look for in applicants.
Joe Merrill is the co-founder of Sputnik ATX, and partner in the Linden group of venture funds based in Austin, Texas. Merrill is a former U.S. diplomat and served as a political, economic and consular officer at U.S. Embassies in Bosnia, Nigeria, and South Korea as well as postings at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C.. After leaving the State Department, Merrill worked in corporate treasury, finance and development at Deere and Company before entering the private equity world at a Carlyle-Apollo education fund, Apollo Global. Overall, Joe has over $3 billion of transaction experience in venture investing. Merrill has also founded and exited two start-ups, Pan Am Education and Smart FundEd. He enjoys running around Town Lake in Austin, especially with his wife. His blog can be found at www.econtrepreneur.com and you can find him on Twitter at @Austin_VC.
Join us as we discuss What Emotional Intelligence is (and what it isn’t), Why EQ makes teams better, more efficient, and more profitable.
Join us for the following:
>Tips to Develop EQ
>A mini self assessment to promote self awareness (Emotional Intelligence starts with self awareness)
>understand what retention, engagement, effectiveness, communication, and satisfaction all have in common?
Emotional Intelligence.
>How do you better assure success?
Emotional Intelligence.
>Want to make processes stick and create a “learning organization”?Emotional Intelligence
Unlike IQ or personality, EQ can be learned and improved upon. EQ is a leading indicator of success for both individuals and companies. In this session we will look into what emotional intelligence is. How it benefits organizations and how to implement and improve emotional intelligence in your organization, team, or personal life.
Jigsaw works with Lumina Learning assessments to improve organizational health and start key conversations and processes that lead to better more profitable companies.
Kirby Attwell started Jigsaw Consulting on a mission to “Make Work Better” . Kirby fulfills this mission using Lumina Learning assessments and decades of operational and transactional experience to improve Organizational Health and therefore, the bottom line
Come learn with us at Digital Marketing Bootcamp Dallas for the following presentation:
Freelancer’s Toolkit: How to Attract, Convert, and Retain Clients with Kevin Craft, Founder at Kevin Craft Co
If you’re a creative freelancer, the training will offer these following insights:
4 Principles to Branding Yourself as a Freelancer to Attract Clients
How to Use Creative Strategy in Your Work to Add Value to Your Services
The Process for Pricing Your Work & Setting Up Rates
Logistics Overview: Client Billing, Time Management, and How to Get Paid
About Our Speaker:
Kevin Craft is a designer, art director, and illustrator living in Dallas Texas. He has been in the design industry for over ten years doing anything from logo identity systems, to art directing advertising campaigns. He’s worked on brands big and small including Cisco, Neiman Marcus, Stanford University, and Bertolli. His work has been published in books, magazines, design blogs, and has won several awards throughout his career in graphic design.
After working in the agency world for several years, his love of design led him to a career in freelance with a focus in brand identity. Since working for himself full time he’s maintained a multitude of different clients, both locally and internationally. Kevin has found that using a set strategy for visual design is the ultimate advantage in establishing both great client relationships and creating memorable creative.
Kevin is the founder of Italics, a quarterly meetup group where creatives in the DFW area can meet for drinks and talk about their experiences of being in the design field.
Agenda:
Networking: 6:00-6:30
Training: 6:30-7:00
Q&A Session: 7:00-7:30
Networking: 7:30-9:00
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